Fire-place



(No Model.)

J. T. .REAVES.

FIRE PLACE.

No. 356,262. I Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

v ZG 1 L fi WITNESSES I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

IINITED STATES PATE T OFFICE.

JOSIAH T. REAVES, OF BENTLY, MISSISSIPPI.

FIRE-PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,262, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed December 15, 1885. Serial No. 185,728. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH T. REAVES, of Bently, in the county of Calhoun and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Places, of which the fol-' lowing is a specification, reference being bad to-the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved fire-place, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 00 :0 in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different" figures.

The object ofw my invention is to provide a protector for preserving the brick or stone work of a fire-place from injury from heat or by contact with the fuel'or poker and shovel, and to improve its heating qualities by facing the brick or stone of which the fire-place is built with iron,

My invention consists in a series of plates hinged together and adapted to be fitted to the back and sides of the fire-place, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

My improved protector for fire-places is composed of five plates hinged together, so that they may be readily introduced into the fire place, and may be inclined at any desired angle to adapt it to the sides of any existing fireplace.

To the back plate, A, are hinged the side plates, B, by hinges a, thejoints of which are wholly upon the inner surface of the plates. The back plate, A, has a width aboutequal to the average fire-place, and is high enough to reach above the fire. The side plates, B, have a width about equal to the depth of the averside plates, B, are hinged wings C, which extend outward over the face'of the mantel, and are secured thereto by bolts or screws, or in any other convenient way. The lining thus formed and applied to the fire-place protects the brick-work of the sides and back from injury by the heat of the fire, or by the contact of the fuel, or by the poker and shove]. The wings 0 protect the front of the mantel or chimney from injury, and the hinges connecting the wings with the side plates, B, afford a convenient rest for supporting the shovel, tongs, or other implements used in connection with the fire-place.

To guard against the escape of cinders or sparks from the fire-place, I make a fender, D, which consists of a plate of iron, which is offset and provided with wings E, which are brought into contact with the wings O of the fire-place lining when the fender is in use. For convenience in handling, a slot, 1), is formed in the upper edge of the fender, leaving a han-' dle, c. a

The fender D is designed to rest upon the hearth and to extend across the front of the fireplace, and to completely inclose the sides and front of the fire.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent, is-

1. A protector forfire-places, cousistingof a back plate and side plates hinged thereto, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a lining for fire-places, the combination of the back plate, A, side plates, B, and wings C, hinged together, as herein specified.

' JOSIAH T. BEAVES. lVitnesses:

W. B. KENDRICK, J. P. MATHIS. 

